Eddie Wasser's Fatal Nap

A very sad and fatal accident took place at the yard of the T., & A. A. in this city, Saturday night, resulting in the death of Eddie Wasser, a young man aged íibout 18 years, and making his home with Mrs. Kern, on N, Main street. Young Wasser who has knocked around the world a great deal as a seller of medicine, by personal canvass, was well known as a stirring, energetic young man. About a year ago, he was a bell boy at the Cook hotel, but has since traveled in the south and far west as a seller of medical remedies, in which occupation he realized a good profit. Lately he has been in Ann Arbor, and Saturday night strolled down to the T., & A. A. track. Some cars were standing on the sidetrack and a freight pulling in, and it becoming necessary to sidetrack some cars, these were pushed upon the siding against the standing cars which were pushed into motion. Cries of distress, proceeding trom beneath the train attracted attention and the engineer was signaled to stop. Investigation revealed young Wasser horribly mangled, tightly wound in the brake chain, and it was found impossible to release him till a jack was procured and the car raised from the track. This operation took some time, ■neanwhile the poor boy, though broken all to pieces, as it were, maintained a " nerve " that was truly heroic, and stated how he carne where he was found. He said that while strolling about, he was caught in the heavy shower that feil about ten o'clock, and taking refuge under the car feil asleep, and said, said he, "I woke up to find myself where you see me, and I teil you I'm in pretty hard lines. When released he was taken to the hospital where it was found that both legs one arm and one shoulder were broken. The wounds were properly attended but the shock was too great and death followed toward morning. Eddie's father resides on Mary street, but his mother has been dead some years.